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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

12-11-13 Fred Klonsky | Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred Klonsky

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:





Glen Brown. The preamble to SB1. Madigan tries to justify the breaking of a contract.
- Glen Brown is a teacher and writes a wonderful blog. Preamble to Senate Bill 1: “At the time of passage of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, Illinois has both atypically large debts and structural budgetary imbalances that will, unless addressed by the General Assembly, lead to even greater and rapidly growing debts and deficits. Already, Illinois has the lowest credit rating of

Pension Thieves.
  Greg Harris is a Democratic State Representative from the 13th District on Chicago’s north side. He targets older people, retired police, fire fighters, public service workers, public school teachers and state university employees. Approach with care. He should be considered a Republican and dangerous.
Rauner. Rahm. And Juan Rangel.
Last week Juan Rangel resigned as head of the United Neighborhood Organization, the largest charter school operator in Illinois. Dan Mihalopoulos of the Sun-Times reported: Juan Rangel, longtime leader of the clout-heavy United Neighborhood Organization, is out as UNO’s $250,000-a-year chief executive in the wake of a scandal that cost the group millions in state funding and led to a federal inve
Bev Johns. Maximize our 2014 options.
is a Special Education advocate and contributes to this blog frequently. We have been engaged in a conversation about the coming elections. Readers are welcome to join in. Tuesday on national TV, Governor Pat Quinn said what we call the pension gutting bill was ”a good model for the whole country.” (Morning Joe, MSNBC) There are two things that are worse than Pat Quinn as Governor of Illinois. On

12-10-13 Fred Klonsky | Running for our pensions. | VOTE 4 Fred Klonsky
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Pension thieves.  Robyn Gabel is a Democratic State Representative from the 18th District of Evanston. She targets older people, retired police, fire fighters, public service workers, public school teachers and state university employees. Approach with care. She should be considered a Republican and d